Just finished Ernest Cline's "Ready Player One" in time before we get the Spielberg adaptation in the cinemas. Do read the novel before the movie comes out; it's as good as they say it is. What's interesting for a book that was written in 2011 set in 2045, proud of its geeky references is what's missing. It talks about TWO Star Wars trilogies (ha!) and the list of 'cool' scifi/fantasy authors (Adams, Stephenson, Gibson, Vonnegut et al) misses George RR Martin. So much has happened in six years. Here's a clip of the Spielberg film to come https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLQ_EkSEbiM

"What people don't know about oppression is that the oppressor works much harder." RIP Hugh Masekela jazz musician, apartheid fighter and great South African. Here is his big 1960s hit with that nifty cowbell sound. You've all heard it somewhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKcGCObEb28